School of Sustainability
Organisational unit: Research School
- Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
- Institute of Ecology
- Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research
- Institute of Sustainability Governance
- Institute of Sustainability Material Flows and Circularity
- Institute of Sustainability Psychology
- Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
- Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)
- Sustainability Education and Transdisciplinary Research Institute
Organisation profile
Sustainability has many facets. Inter- and transdisciplinary research and teaching characterize the School of Sustainability. Scientists in our research projects work together in the laboratory, on the heath, in the grassland, in the classroom, with the city administration, with farmers, with non-governmental organizations, with companies, with students in the lecture hall and of course at their desks.
Furthermore, we work with regional and national political actors, e.g. ministries, as well as international organizations, e.g. UNEP, UNESCO, EU. We are part of national and international bodies, e.g. sustainability advisory boards of companies, member of the German Sustainability Award, World Biodiversity Council (IPBES), in order to contribute to social change with scientific findings.
Main research areas
Vision
Sustainability science investigates on a theoretical, conceptual and empirical level how to promote sustainable development and how to find and implement effective solutions for current social and ecological challenges. The aim is to create a more sustainable future.
Sustainability researchers are called upon to take responsibility for their research, which is anchored in existing scientific knowledge and methods and serves to make the world a better place for everyone.
Mission
We promote change towards a sustainable future by developing theories, concepts and practices of inclusive education for sustainability, research, governance and management.
We acknowledge the diversity and dynamics of values, norms and behaviour and contribute with transdisciplinary methods to ensuring that tensions and differences between different disciplines, methods, topics and standards are fruitfully taken up and used with productive compromises and further developments towards sustainable development.
Principles
The School of Sustainability is guided by the normative concepts of ecological system integrity and social and economic justice.
Ecological system integrity refers to the safeguarding of life-support systems, as well as the maintenance of the well-being of life on Earth.
With social and economic justice we strive for a world in which all people can fulfil their potential without endangering system integrity and the well-being of others.
Information about the School
The School of Sustainability includes...
... ca. 25 professors
... ca. 100 research assistants
... ca. 1000 students in Bachelor and Master courses
In various inter- and transdisciplinary projects we are constantly researching and working together on changes and solutions for current challenges.
- 2011
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Climate Costs and Benefits: New Challenges for Corporate Accounting and Management. Call for Papers.
Schaltegger, S., Csutora, M. & Huisingh, D., 2011, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 19, 9-10, p. 1141-1143 3 p.Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research
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»CO2 causes a hole in the atmosphere« Using laypeople’s conceptions as a starting point to communicate climate change
Niebert, K. & Gropengießer, H., 2011, The Economic, Social and Political Elements of Climate Change. Leal Filho, W. (ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, p. 603-622 20 p. (Climate Change Management).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Commitment Strategies for Sustainability: How Corporations Can Create Value through New Governance
Beckmann, M., Pies, I. & Hielscher, S., 2011, Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceedings. Academy of Management (Briarcliff Manor, NY) , Vol. 2011. 6 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings; vol. 2011).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research › peer-review
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Competencies for sustainability and gender: How to gain advantage: The problem, the theoretical background and questions
Katz, C. & Thiem, A., 2011, Equality, Growth and Sustainability.: Do they mix? Proceedings from the international conference. Fogelberg Eriksson, A. (ed.). Linköping University Electronic Press, p. 173-180 8 p. (Forums skriftserie; no. 5)(Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings; no. 58).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Article in conference proceedings › Research
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Complementarity, impatience, and the resilience of natural-resource-dependent economies
Quaas, M. F., van Soest, D. & Baumgärtner, S., 2011, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 37 p. (Working Paper Series in Economics; no. 220).Research output: Working paper › Working papers
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Computer Support for Cooperative Sustainability Communication
Möller, A., 2011, Sustainability Communication: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundations. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). 1 ed. Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, Vol. 1. p. 171-185 15 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research › peer-review
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Controlling im Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement: Unterstützung betrieblicher Entscheidungen
Jänicke, N. T., 2011, Marburg: Tectum Verlag. 274 p.Research output: Books and anthologies › Monographs › Research
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Corporate Sustainability Reporting
Herzig, C. & Schaltegger, S., 2011, Sustainability Communication: Interdisciplinary Perspectives and Theoretical Foundations. Godemann, J. & Michelsen, G. (eds.). Dordrecht: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland, p. 151-169 19 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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Crosscutting Issues and Conservation Strategies
DellaSala, D. A., Alaback, P., Craighead, L., Krestov, P., Moola, F., Nakamura, Y., Nauman, R. S., Noss, R. F., Ronneberg, K., Spribille, T., Tecklin, D., von Wehrden, H., Goward, T., Holien, H., Kirkpatrick, J. & Paquet, P., 2011, Temperate and boreal rainforests of the world: ecology and conservation. DellaSala, D. A. (ed.). Washington: Island Press, p. 243-259 17 p.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Research
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CSR und gesellschaftliche Wertschöpfung
Beckmann, M., 2011, Was ist Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ?. München: Roman Herzog Institut , p. 16-20 5 p. (Diskussion; no. 17).Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Transfer